Ultimate Immortals
To say Third Heaven Palace existed for the sole purpose of leading Third Heaven’s cultivators in the conflict against elemental demons was an oversimplification. Humanity didn’t rely on their numbers to win but actual warfare proficiency.
Whenever humanity’s war against the elemental demons commenced, Third Heaven Palace would publish the Ultimate Immortals Ranking to select nine qualified cultivators tasked with leading the war. In total, there were ninety-nine “ultimate immortals”. The nine held statuses authoritative and important enough for patriarchs to bow to.
Those over the age of forty weren’t qualified to be ranked. The rest were handpicked from among the best cultivators known. Because only nine were chosen as the leaders, it always became a contest between the ninety-nine cultivators to climb through the ranks.
At a certain point, Third Heaven Palace would summon the nine chosen ones to the mysterious Third Heaven Palace and teach them advanced cultivation styles to nurture exemplary leaders in the war at rates others could only dream of. The remaining ninety would be delegated to supporting the nine leaders.
After Ultimate Immortals Ranking was published, daily deaths were part of life. Of course, for every death, someone was replaced to keep the number ninety-nine consistent. Simply put, one needed to prove your worth. If you couldn’t do that much, leading humanity was a pipe dream at best. All that said, Third Heaven Palace did provide protection from the shadows. Only those under the age of forty had permission to target the ninety-nine. Else, punishment would be mete out. For those reasons, Shi Dengtian strived to off Mu Yu before the youth was assigned his provided his ranking identification.
Nobody knew the minds behind Third Heaven Palace, but underestimating them was a deadly mistake.
As one of the seven chosen disciples of Pill Cauldron Sect, Mu Yu deserved to be invested in. If he became one of the nine final chosen ones, he’d bring glory to the sect. Just as importantly, they were better off getting in his good graces because, if he wanted to pursue a vengeance later on, they were at his mercy.
“Mu Yu, do you know you’ve been elected as one of the ninety-nine on Ultimate Immortals Ranking?” questioned Daoist Yun Dan.
Besides those already notified, everyone but Mu Yu was stunned. He asked, “Is that supposed to be something worth celebrating?”
“You don’t know what Ultimate Immortals Ranking is?”
“Should I?’
Mu Yu took the trophy for most ignorant – ironically.
Ku Mu queried, “Senior Brother, are you serious? Mu Yu has been ranked?”
“Do you think I would make a joke out of something so serious?” Daoist Yun Dan couldn’t stop stealing glances at Mu Yu.
“Gramps, what’s this Ultimate Immortals Ranking thingy? Answer me first, pretty please?”
“I’ll explain to you later. Can’t you carry yourself as a leader should? Feign ignorance if you have to. People are going to laugh at you.”
“What reputation does the leader of Bamboo Peak have to uphold? General without an army? I have no reputation to uphold in the first place. Plus, what would they laugh at me over, my ignorance? If someone so ignorant is a faction leader, what does that make them? Laugh at me for not knowing what Ultimate Immortals Ranking is? I’ve never heard of it before.”
Deep down, Mu Yu was celebrating the vexed looks around. Free rent in their heads… why not?
Ku Mu resisted laughing. Daoist Yun Dan shook his head. Nobody was sure if Mu Yu was deliberately stoking a fire or just innocent.
Ku Mu gave up and turned to Daoist Yun Dan. “Where is his identification crest? What is his rank?”
Daoist Yun Dan summoned a thumb-sized badge to his hand. Following the flash of patterns, the insignia burnt itself into the back of Mu Yu’s hand.
“What the?” Mu Yu tried to scrub off the pattern on his hand. Gradually, the pattern turned to text. “Eighty-two.”
“Mu Yu, Sword Shadow Dust Gale and Ku Mu’s disciple, rank eighty-two,” announced Elder Leng, nodding away. “That’s not exactly high, but that’s not bad. Make sure t-, wait, what? Wh-who’s disciple?”
“Sword Shadow Dust Gale?”
“Who the heck is Sword Shadow Dust G-, say what?!”
Sword Shadow Dust Gale wasn’t one of the ninety-nine selected Ultimate Immortals. His fame preceded his unknown origins.
As Sword Shadow Gust Gale’s disciple, Mu Yu pretty much had the influence to do anything he wanted and get away with it.
The sudden discovery was nothing short of a hundred rank seven explosion pills going off in heads.
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